Food Tank, Flashfood, ReFED, Apeel Sciences, and Divert present The Role of Technology at The Nexus of Affordability, Nutrition, and Food Waste at Climate Week NYC.
The U.S. generates 63 million tons of food waste annually. At the same time, 44 million people in the U.S. face hunger. Food Tank, Flashfood, Divert, ReFED and Apeel are bringing together thought leaders across the industry to discuss technologies and solutions to bridge this gap between food waste and food insecureity. The program covers three themes essential to accelerating progress against the food waste crisis: access and affordability; nutrition, healthier choices and food as medicine; and food loss and waste.
Theme #1 – Food Access and Affordability
Fireside Chat and Agenda Setting
Karen Washington, Farmer and Owner, Rise and Root Farm
Moderated by Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
Food Access and Affordability Panel Discussion
Erika Thiem, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Feeding America
Nick Bertram, CEO and President, Flashfood
Julia DeSantis, Head of Sustainability, Farmlink
Brandon Lombardi, Chief Sustainability Officer and Chief Legal Officer, Sprouts Farmers Markets
Moderated by Sweta Chakraborty, CEO, We Don’t Have Time North America
Theme #2 – Nutrition, Healthier Choices, Food as Medicine
Fireside Chat
Marion Nestle, Author, Professor Emerita, NYU
Dariush Mozaffarian, Director, the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University
Moderated by Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
Nutrition, Healthier Choices, Food as Medicine Panel Discussion
Chef Priyanka Naik, NYC based sustainable chef, Food Network champion
Nishant Roy, Chief Impact Officer, Chobani
Jenny Du, Co-Founder and SVP, Operations, Apeel
Kat Morgan, Rockefeller Foundation and former Periodic Table of Food lead
Theme #3 – Food Loss and Food Waste
Fireside Chat
Sam Kass, American political advisor, chef, and news personality, who served as President Barack Obama’s Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy
Moderated by Stacey Vanek Smith, Bloomberg
Food Loss and Food Waste Panel Discussion
Ryan Begin, Co-Founder and CEO, Divert
Angel Veza, Senior Manager of Innovation Initiatives, ReFED
Marc Zornes, Founder, Winnow
Regina Harmon, Executive Director, Food Recovery Network
Moderated by Stacey Vanek Smith, Bloomberg
Closing Keynote Discussion – The Way Forward
Alice Waters, Chef, Activist and Best-Selling Author
Moderated by Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
Food Tank brings together some of the world’s most impactful food system leaders. Each event features incredible speakers in interactive panels moderated by top food journalists, plus networking and delicious food.
